The Best American Science Fiction And Fantasy 2021

The best science fiction and fantasy stories of 2021, selected by series editor John Joseph Adams and guest editor Veronica Roth.

Today’s readers of science fiction and fantasy have an appetite for stories that address a wide variety of voices, perspectives, and styles. There is an openness to experiment and pushing boundaries, combined with the classic desire to read about spaceships and dragons, future technology and ancient magic, and the places where they intersect. Contemporary science fiction and fantasy looks to accomplish the same goal as ever—to illuminate what it means to be human. With a diverse selection of stories chosen by series editor John Joseph Adams and Veronica Roth,The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021explores the ever-expanding and changing world of science fiction and fantasy today.

VERONICA ROTH is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Divergent series (Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, and Four: A Divergent Collection) and the Carve the Mark duology (Carve the Mark, The Fates Divide), and Chosen Ones. She is a board member of YALLFest, the biggest YA book festival in the country, and YALLWEST, its sister festival. She lives in Chicago, Illinois.

JOHN JOSEPH ADAMS, series editor, is the editor of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's John Joseph Adams Books imprint, as well as
numerous anthologies and the magazines Lightspeed and Nightmare. He lives in California.